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I love “Sir Patrick Spence”… | blogjou

Harold Bloom

How to Read and Why

p. 101
02 Jun 2021

I love "Sir Patrick Spence"...


I love “Sir Patrick Spence” because it has a tragic economy almost unique in its stoic heroism. There is a sense throughout the poem that heroism is necessarily self-destructive, and yet remains admirable.